Aen. 7.723Hinc Agamemnonius, Trōiānī nōminis hostis,
currū iungit Halaesus equōs Turnōque ferōcīs
725mīlle rapit populōs, vertunt fēlīcia Bacchō
Massica quī rāstrīs et quōs dē collibus altīs
Auruncī mīsēre patrēs, Sidicīnaque iūxtā
aequora quīque Calēs linquunt, amnisque vadōsī
accola Volturnī, pariterque Saticulus asper
730Oscōrumque manus.Next, Agamemnon's man Halaesus, enemy of the Trojan name, yokes his horses to his chariot and sweeps along a thousand fierce peoples for Turnus: those who turn with hoes the Massic land, fruitful for Bacchus, and those whom the Auruncan fathers sent from their high hills, and those who leave the Sidicine plains nearby and Cales, and the dweller by the shallow river Volturnus, and together with them the rough Saticulan and the band of the Oscans. Aen. 7.730Teretēs sunt aclydēs illīs
tēla, sed haec lentō mōs est aptāre flagellō;Their weapons are smooth throwing-clubs, but it is their custom to fit these with a pliant thong; Aen. 7.732laevās caetra tegit, falcātī comminus ēnsēs.a light shield covers their left side; for close fighting they have curved swords.
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Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.723–732
Halaesus and the Campanian peoples
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| hinc, adv. | from this place, hence |
| Agamemnonius, -a, -um | of Agamemnon, Agamemnon's (Agamemnonius Orestēs: Orestes, Agamemnon's son) |
| Trōiānus, -a, -um | Trojan |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| hostis, -is, m. and f. | enemy, foe |
| currus, -ūs, m. | chariot, car |
| iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus | join; yoke, harness |
| equus, -ī, m. | horse |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| ferōx, -ōcis, adj. | fierce, savage |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| rapiō, -ere, -uī, -tus | seize, snatch |
| populus, -ī m. | people, nation |
| vertō, vertere, vertī, versus | turn |
| fēlīx, -īcis | fortunate, lucky, happy |
| Massicum, -ī n. | Massic wine, from Mount Massicus in Campania |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| rāstrum, -ī n. (pl. often rāstrī, -ōrum m.) | rake, mattock, hoe |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| collis, -is m. | hill |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| Auruncus, -a, -um | Auruncan, of the Aurunci (an ancient people of Latium) |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| Sidicīnus, -a, -um | of the Sidicini, a people of Campania |
| iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.) | nearby; next to |
| aequor, -oris n. | level surface; the sea |
| caleō, -ēre, -uī | be warm, be hot |
| linquō, -ere, līquī | leave |
| amnis, -is m. | river |
| vadōsus, -a, -um | full of shallows, shallow |
| accola, -ae m. | neighbour, one living nearby |
| pariter (adv.) | equally, alike; at the same time |
| Saticulus, -a, -um | of Saticula, a Samnite town; (as noun) a Saticulan |
| asper, -era, -erum | rough, harsh; difficult |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| teres, -etis | rounded, smooth |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| aclys, -ydis f. | small throwing club or javelin on a thong |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| tēlum, -ī, n. | missile, spear, weapon |
| sed, conj. | but |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| lentus, -a, -um | slow, sluggish |
| mōs, mōris, m. | way, manner, habit, custom |
| aptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | fit, adjust, make ready |
| flagellum, -ī n. | whip, scourge |
| laevus, -a, -um | left; ad laevam (manum): on the left |
| caetra, -ae f. | small light leather shield |
| tegō, tegere, tēxī, tēctus | cover |
| falcātus, -a, -um | armed with scythes, scythed (of chariots) |
| comminus (adv.) | hand to hand, at close quarters |
| ēnsis, -is m. | sword (a poetic word) |
Vergil, Aeneid VII. Latin text: J. B. Greenough, The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Virgil (Boston, 1881), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.